Etymograph

English

inunderstanding

From in- + understanding.

Formed from in- + understanding

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Germanic *understandingō

Proto-West Germanic *undarstandingu

Old English understanding ‘intelligence’

Middle English understandinge

English understanding

Today it means

adj Devoid of understanding.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / inunderstanding